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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary tell Amelia in Chapter 14?

2. What of Madame Berengeria's does Amelia see for the first time in Chapter 13?

3. What sense does Amelia say the male sex lacks in Chapter 13?

4. What condition is O'Connell in when Amelia and Emerson find him in Chapter 16?

5. What does O'Connell say is the only reason he has been able to be friends with Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Emerson and Amelia discover about the pendant found in the tomb?

2. What does Lady Baskerville announce at breakfast? What does Mr. Vandergelt announce at breakfast?

3. What does Lady Baskerville serve to her guests in Chapter 16? What turns out to be significant about this service?

4. What halts work at the excavation site in Chapter 11?

5. What does Karl tell Emerson was a foolish mistake in Chapter 15?

6. Why does Amelia suspect Madame Berengeria is responsible for Armadale's death?

7. What does Amelia hear as she and O'Connell are walking to the tomb, and how does she respond?

8. What does Emerson say to cheer up O'Connell at the end of Chapter 14?

9. How does Amelia prepare to go to the tomb in Chapter 16?

10. What story does the group discuss in Chapter 16, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Peters' use of humor in the novel. What kind of humor does she use? What does Peters poke fun at? What are some examples of Peters' use of humor during darker moments? Why might Peters have decided to use humor at this time?

Essay Topic 2

What is a parody? What makes "The Curse of the Pharaohs" a parody? What is the novel a parody of?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of suspicion in the novel, "The Curse of the Pharaohs". Who is suspicious of whom, and why? Who is Amelia suspicious of? Why does she feel this way? As the reader, who behaves suspiciously in the novel? Why do they behave this way? How do the characters' suspicions of others affect their behavior?

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